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In the first of a new series of benchmark reports, Monocle puts the UK’s latest convenience store concept through its paces. Can Waitrose’s new baby live up to the standards of Japan’s kings of convenience?

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A survey by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry last year revealed that seven million people in Japan, many of them elderly, struggle to make it to the shops – one million more than in 2010. As the country’s…

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Tokyo-based company Culture Convenience Club brings together quality of life and technology in Tsutaya Electrics. The well-designed shop displays hi-tech products alongside books, plants and plenty of comfy seats.

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The CEO of Japan’s largest chain of entertainment stores is peculiarly sketchy on management – he never gives orders, positively encourages failure and doesn’t even have his own office – yet he’s particularly successful too…

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Pouring ourselves a glass of cachaça, we ponder a bizarre Australian law preventing importation of the spirit. We also check in with our Tokyo bureau to sample some of the rotating array of puddings on offer at the city’s…

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Never let it be said that working in a convenience store – or konbini as it is known in Japan – is a dead-end career move. Writer and part-time konbini employee Sayaka Murata has just won one of the country’s most presti…

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Hundreds of new products are introduced every week in Japan’s 54,000 convenience stores and despite the country’s regional differences it’s not uncommon for shops to stock the same items. In an exhibition running until 19…

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We discuss the reopening of Aden’s international airport as pro-government forces take back the last remaining stronghold from Houthi rebels. We also look at cities across Russia that are dependent on just one industry and…

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Jacob Wedderburn-Day is the co-founder and CEO of Stasher, a welcome storage solution for tourists and day-trippers across Europe. Conceived during a brainstorming session among three friends at Oxford University, the…

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Just when we thought we knew all there was to know about Japanese cooking, the country’s food item of 2015 – as awarded by the Gurunavi Research Institute – turns out to be onigirazu, a dish that might leave even Japan…